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Nintendo president responds to Switch 2 price increase fears amid Trump tariff fallout (www.tweaktown.com)
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TL;DR: Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser discussed with Wired the impact of new tariffs on the Nintendo Switch 2, which may increase its price from $449 to $600. The tariffs affect manufacturing in Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. Nintendo is assessing the situation, having already moved some production out of China.

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[โ€“] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nintendo is a shitty company and companies in general do shitty anti consumer things, but passing along tariff costs isn't one of these.

[โ€“] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Right. The only difference between a tariff and a VAT, is that the VAT applies to all products indiscriminately, where as a tariff only applies to imported goods.